Global countdown, global Meltdown - William Zhang sums up the big issues facing our world as 2009 unfolds.

Latest video from the 350 campaign.. advocating a new Emissions Reductions Target of 40% by the year 2020.

An online petition, initiated by Greenpeace, to ask John Key to sign on to strong emissions targets at the Copenhagen conference in December 2009. Over 55,000 New Zealanders have already Signed On, from Lucy Lawless, Stephen Tindall and Cliff Curtis through to Rhys Darby.

Climate change is already responsible for 300,000 deaths a year and is affecting 300m people, according to the first comprehensive study of the human impact of global warming.

350 Aotearoa is an international movement to unite the world around solutions to climate change. Their mission is to inspire action in communities across New Zealand. It is about using creativity and fun to tackle this most serious and pressing of challenges that we collectively face.